Respiratory Disease

Age is Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s issue in Robert Guerrero bout

2013-05-03 22:32:00

LAS VEGAS — A boxer needs an edge, contentment is the enemy. Consider the case of Floyd Mayweather Jr. The unbeaten world welterweight champion used to argue with any doubters that he was superior to Manny Pacquiao in the debate over who was the...

How a 'million-dollar patient' got off a medical merry-go-round

2013-05-05 16:22:00

For more than two decades, Wanda Remo has battled one illness after another. Asthma, chronic lung disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, depression, chronic pain, strokes. Specialists treat her lungs, her heart and her joints. Her...

Poll: Should doctors tell terminally ill patients they're dying?

2013-04-26 07:00:00

As my colleague Melissa Healy noted Thursday, a British medical journal recently invited doctors who specialize in end-of-life care to debate whether patients should be told that they're terminally ill. Two London-based palliative care doctors argued in...

L.A. County to offer free meningitis vaccine to low-income residents

2013-04-17 14:45:00

Responding to escalating concerns about bacterial meningitis, Los Angeles County health officials announced Wednesday that they are offering free�vaccines to low-income and uninsured residents. The vaccines protect against meningococcal meningitis, a...

Health officials investigate meningococcal infection in L.A. County

2013-04-12 11:28:00

Public health officials are investigating a Los Angeles County case of meningococcal infection, a bacteria-caused illness that can lead to potentially deadly meningitis. Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public...

West Hollywood officials warn gay men, residents of meningitis case

2013-04-12 12:47:00

West Hollywood city officials and community leaders warned residents Friday about a serious case of�meningococcal infection�recently found in Los Angeles County, a bacteria-caused illness that can lead to potentially deadly�meningitis. "We don't want to...

Meningitis scare: From 'fit as can be' to life support in one week

2013-04-12 13:44:00

A 31-year-old West Hollywood resident, who was described as being extremely fit only a week or so ago, is now in a coma and on life support after being diagnosed with "full-blown meningitis," city officials said.� West Hollywood City Councilman John...

Meningococcal infection reported in L.A. County

2013-04-11 20:57:00

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been alerted about a Los Angeles County case of meningococcal infection, a bacteria-caused illness that can lead to potentially deadly meningitis, according to a spokesperson. Public health officials...

Case of meningitis-related bacterial illness reported in L.A. County

2013-04-11 14:17:00

Chinese officials urge calm as seventh bird flu victim dies

2013-04-08 07:42:00

The toll from China’s new strain of bird flu climbed to seven on Monday with the death of a 64-year-old retiree in Shanghai and the number of cases spread to 24, but officials expressed confidence the outbreak could be contained. The World...

Review: Guido van der Werve gives heart and soul in video requiem

2013-03-29 05:30:00

"Number fourteen, home" is an elaborate video requiem for the dead -- specifically for the great Romantic composer Fr�d�ric Chopin but, by implication, for the entire network of cultural relations that made his work possible. Dutch artist and composer...

Cooking up toxic air pollution

2013-02-20 05:00:00

When UC Davis scientists collected air pollution particles in Fresno and then exposed laboratory mice to them, they found that one of the most toxic sources was the backyard grill. Along with particles from vehicle and wood-burning emissions,...

Tucker was born Sophie Kalish in Tulchyn, Ukraine. Her family emigrated to the U.S. when she was an infant, and settled in Hartford, as stated by the Hartford Courant. In 1903, at the age of 17, she was briefly married to Louis Tuck.

2013-02-25 00:00:00

More than 20,000 cases of whooping cough, a respiratory disease, were reported in the first seven months of the year in the United States, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

2012-08-15 00:00:00

A vendor sits behind the counter selling barbequed crocodile meat at the bazaar in Singapore on January 9, 2012 . According to the vendor, eating crocodile meat helps to cure asthma, a chronic respiratory disease.

2012-01-09 09:05:09